64/38. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4231 — Two Migrations Reward
Ghazwa of Khaibar
Two Migrations Hadith: The Honor of the People of the Boat
Sahih Bukhari : 4231
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4231
فَلَمَّا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ إِنَّ عُمَرَ قَالَ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ " فَمَا قُلْتِ لَهُ ". قَالَتْ قُلْتُ لَهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا. قَالَ " لَيْسَ بِأَحَقَّ بِي مِنْكُمْ، وَلَهُ وَلأَصْحَابِهِ هِجْرَةٌ وَاحِدَةٌ، وَلَكُمْ أَنْتُمْ أَهْلَ السَّفِينَةِ هِجْرَتَانِ ". قَالَتْ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى وَأَصْحَابَ السَّفِينَةِ يَأْتُونِي أَرْسَالاً، يَسْأَلُونِي عَنْ هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ، مَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا شَىْءٌ هُمْ بِهِ أَفْرَحُ وَلاَ أَعْظَمُ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ مِمَّا قَالَ لَهُمُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم. قَالَ أَبُو بُرْدَةَ قَالَتْ أَسْمَاءُ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا مُوسَى وَإِنَّهُ لَيَسْتَعِيدُ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ مِنِّي.
So when the Prophet (ﷺ) came, she said, "O Allah's Prophet `Umar has said so-and-so." He said (to Asma'), "What did you say to him?" Asma's aid, "I told him so-and-so." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He (i.e. `Umar) has not got more right than you people over me, as he and his companions have (the reward of) only one migration, and you, the people of the boat, have (the reward of) two migrations." Asma' later on said, "I saw Abu Musa and the other people of the boat coming to me in successive groups, asking me about this narration,, and to them nothing in the world was more cheerful and greater than what the Prophet (ﷺ) had said about them." Narrated Abu Burda: Asma' said, "I saw Abu Musa requesting me to repeat this narration again and again."
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4231In-book reference : Book 64, Hadith 269USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 5, Book 59, Hadith 539
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4231
This hadith completes the people of the boat narration. When Asma told the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم what Umar had said and what she had replied, the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said that Umar did not have more right over him than them. He then stated that Umar and his companions had one migration, while the people of the boat had two migrations. That sentence brought great joy to Abu Musa and the others, so much so that they came in groups asking Asma about the narration. For readers searching two migrations hadith, this is the key line. The hadith teaches recognition of sacrifice and also shows the value the companions placed on a word of approval from the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم corrected the idea that others had more right over him than the people of the boat.
- The people of the boat were told they had two migrations.
- The companions valued this statement deeply and asked for it to be repeated.
